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Note-1: The ability to have two channels with the same channel number (one HD & one SD) is a capability of the H20/H21 & HR20/HR21 receivers and is not available on any prior DirecTV HD receiver.

Note-2: As of 7/31/2008, the simulcast of HDNet (79-to-306), ESPN (73-to-206), ESPN2 (72-to-209), TNT (75-to-245), HD Theater (76-to-281), and HBO (70-to-501) are MPEG4(Ka) feeds, and the MPEG4 channels will not be visible on the non H2x & HR2x receivers per Note-1 above.

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Sixto,
That is a great list, my one question is:
The 206, 209, 245,501, 509 537 and 509 are they MPEG4? I have checked my HR10-250 and while the channels are there, they are not in HD!
Thank you for you reply.

Sixto,That is a great list, my one question is:The 206, 209, 245,501, 509 537 and 509 are they MPEG4? I have checked my HR10-250 and while the channels are there, they are not in HD!Thank you for you reply.

All of those channels were up before D10 went live, they are just remaps of the mpeg2 HD , your receiver sees the old SD mpeg2 channels not the remapped HD . HR10-250 cannot see them because it cannot see the 103b signals from D10.

Sixto,That is a great list, my one question is:The 206, 209, 245,501, 509 537 and 509 are they MPEG4? I have checked my HR10-250 and while the channels are there, they are not in HD!Thank you for you reply.

Ken mostly answered ...

206 is a remap of 73 for ESPN. Only available on the H2x & HR2x receivers because they're the only receivers that are capable of having SD & HD mapped to the same channel number.

Note-1: The ability to have two channels with the same channel number (one HD & one SD) is a capability of the H20, H21, & HR20 receivers and is not available on any prior HD receiver.

Note-2: The remap of ESPN (73), ESPN2 (72), TNT (75), HBO (70), and Showtime (71) to channels 206, 209, 245, 501, and 537 are the same MPEG2 feeds, and the remapped channels are not visible on the non H2x & HR2x receivers per Note-1 above.

All of those channels were up before D10 went live, they are just remaps of the mpeg2 HD , your receiver sees the old SD mpeg2 channels not the remapped HD . HR10-250 cannot see them because it cannot see the 103b signals from D10.

Actually the HR10-250 SHOULD see channels 206, 209, 247, 509, and 541. These are MPEG2 and are n the guide on MPEG2 capable HD boxes.